Saorview Connect

greasepalm

If you have a sat dish enigma 2 like a Zgemma h7 ?

AngryLips

Does anyone know if the official freesat box works in Ireland? This one

Gerry Wicklow

AngryLips wrote: »

Does anyone know if the official freesat box works in Ireland? This one

As a satellite receiver it should work fine however some on demand apps may be geolocked.

decor58

AngryLips wrote: »

Does anyone know if the official freesat box works in Ireland? This one

It should do, I used its predecessor without a bother for years. Just to bear in mind thats a single tuner and there is no memory in that one.

Nharrison02

Just got a Seagate USB 3 1TB drive for the Saorview Connect. It only formats 14MB of it! and therefore can't record anything.
Has anyone had similar problems and knows how to solve?
Have tested the drive on the laptop and its fine and have tried a small older drive on the Connect box and that works too.

greasepalm

Maybe another reason why not to buy that box,Is it usb powered or externally powered?

Nharrison02

greasepalm wrote: »

Maybe another reason why not to buy that box,Is it usb powered or externally powered?

It’s just USB powered. The older one that works has its own mains power but storage is too small

greasepalm

I wonder if usb port an issue,if you have a usb powered hub with mains try that as less strain on usb port.

FRIENDO

The Connect box is no longer listed for sale on the Powercity website.

I wonder will we see a new Connect box

greasepalm

No more Power City in Sallynoggin hoarding up and redevelopment of site i have been told.

JDxtra

I'd be surprised if they sold more than a few thousand units of this. So I think we are very unlikely to see a new Connect box as it is essentially a flop.

It was way too slow to release to market, no recording from launch, no HDD built-in, no sat EPG, limited apps, still buggy etc. RTE aren't going to pump any more money into a replacement.

FRIENDO

Sad really, a Connect box with
Saorview
Freesat
1 terrestrial input
2 satellite input
Record capability
RTE player
Virgin media player
TG4 player

Would of been the answer

Sam Russell

FRIENDO wrote: »

Sad really, a Connect box with
Saorview
Freesat
1 terrestrial input
2 satellite input
Record capability
RTE player
Virgin media player
TG4 player

Would of been the answer

Well, it has the hardware - except internal HDD, and could have all the rest, except Freesat, but could have had an EPG available across the web, which could have been better. It has an internet connection.

It could still do that, but somehow got its knickers in a twist - not understanding the market was the problem. If they had got out of the way and let a commercial company handle it, it might have worked.

AngryLips

Sam Russell wrote: »

Well, it has the hardware - except internal HDD, and could have all the rest, except Freesat, but could have had an EPG available across the web, which could have been better. It has an internet connection.

It could still do that, but somehow got its knickers in a twist - not understanding the market was the problem. If they had got out of the way and let a commercial company handle it, it might have worked.

Judging by how slow and unresponsive the box is, I suspect it might be lacking ram too.

Sam Russell

AngryLips wrote: »

Judging by how slow and unresponsive the box is, I suspect it might be lacking ram too.

And probably computer power.

They should take a standard box and add their addons to make it work with their viewer.

They are not in this business, so why try.

cranefly

The Connect box was known from the start it was not fit for the market they were trying to sell it to. they are not idiots, but they went ahead anyway, knowing exactly what was needed, but even if it had everything we wanted, the market was so small for this box, they just did not give a damn, and pawned us off on this sub par box, just to keep up with their responsibilities to sell something, anything.

Sam Russell

cranefly wrote: »

The Connect box was known from the start it was not fit for the market they were trying to sell it to. they are not idiots, but they went ahead anyway, knowing exactly what was needed, but even if it had everything we wanted, the market was so small for this box, they just did not give a damn, and pawned us off on this sub par box, just to keep up with their responsibilities to sell something, anything.

RTE had no place in the market the Connect box was aimed at. RTE had no financial interest in the sales of he boxes. It was not something they should have got involved with at any level. They are too constrained by various legal and copyright issues to make a success of such an enterprise.

cranefly

Sam Russell wrote: »

RTE had no place in the market the Connect box was aimed at. RTE had no financial interest in the sales of he boxes. It was not something they should have got involved with at any level. They are too constrained by various legal and copyright issues to make a success of such an enterprise.

Who like me thought when this was first mooted years ago, that together with Freesat, we were going to get a brand new box to rival sky. Specifically designed for the irish market. Everyone knew what was needed to make this box a success, their was no big surprise for anyone, or any interested partner to know what was required for it to be a success. what did we get after all those years waiting for the college educated people to put together, a box not fit for purpose.

I bet the guys at Freesat knew this was not anywhere near what the public were expecting when it first came on sale. I wonder if Brexit would have any impact on any future box with Freesat involvement.

Sam Russell

cranefly wrote: »

Who like me thought when this was first mooted years ago, that together with Freesat, we were going to get a brand new box to rival sky. Specifically designed for the irish market. Everyone knew what was needed to make this box a success, their was no big surprise for anyone, or any interested partner to know what was required for it to be a success. what did we get after all those years waiting for the college educated people to put together, a box not fit for purpose.

I bet the guys at Freesat knew this was not anywhere near what the public were expecting when it first came on sale. I wonder if Brexit would have any impact on any future box with Freesat involvement.

It does not need Freesat, just a working EPG, which could be from an internet feed. It had twin sat and terrestrial tuners, plus internet connection. It just needed the full set of Irish players, Saorview, and a decent satellite EPG with Saorview channels on the same list. I'm not sure if it had WiFi.

A built in HDD was also needed.

Gerry Wicklow

cranefly wrote: »

Who like me thought when this was first mooted years ago, that together with Freesat, we were going to get a brand new box to rival sky. Specifically designed for the irish market. Everyone knew what was needed to make this box a success, their was no big surprise for anyone, or any interested partner to know what was required for it to be a success. what did we get after all those years waiting for the college educated people to put together, a box not fit for purpose.

I bet the guys at Freesat knew this was not anywhere near what the public were expecting when it first came on sale. I wonder if Brexit would have any impact on any future box with Freesat involvement.

By all accounts Freesats latest offerings are nothing to write home about either.

Fat_Fingers

AngryLips wrote: »

Does anyone know if the official freesat box works in Ireland? This one

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

As a satellite receiver it should work fine however some on demand apps may be geolocked.

And as for getting apps and catch-up services working this receiver does not allow access to TCP/IP settings so you can not change DNS.
Workaround would be to set DNS on your route but if you are on Virgin media they too dont allow dns change so you are looking into setting VM router to router mode and adding 3rd party router to manage your LAN.... dont go there if this sound complicated

mercedeslimos

Are there any viable alternatives to the Connect box? Installed a dish recently and straight into the TV, but no record function on the satellite (thanks Sharp, copyright junk).

Have 500GB HDD already so all fine there.

Seen Amiko ones in Irwins for 70 bucks that seem like they do it from the (admittedly poor) description.

Anyone any input?

dulpit

mercedeslimos wrote: »

Are there any viable alternatives to the Connect box? Installed a dish recently and straight into the TV, but no record function on the satellite (thanks Sharp, copyright junk).

Have 500GB HDD already so all fine there.

Seen Amiko ones in Irwins for 70 bucks that seem like they do it from the (admittedly poor) description.

Anyone any input?

An enigma2 box with a bit of setup will do saorview + free to air satellite with full 7 day epg/recording/etc. Zgemma H7S is the current go to. There's a thread ongoing atm of someone who just got one: https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058153302/2/#post116159797

mercedeslimos

dulpit wrote: »

An enigma2 box with a bit of setup will do saorview + free to air satellite with full 7 day epg/recording/etc. Zgemma H7S is the current go to. There's a thread ongoing atm of someone who just got one: https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058153302/2/#post116159797

Perfect cheers!

Zgemma H7S ordered there last night from Satworld who I got the dish and the rest off. Easy setup? Hopefully arrive Monday

johnire

Hi folks.
I came on here looking for a bit of advice about Saorview but you've all scared me off it !!
I have Sky at the moment and was thinking of replacing it with Saorview Connect. What do you think.... is it a good idea or am I better off just sticking with Sky? I was hoping to cut down on my monthly subscription.
Thanks in advance.

greasepalm

Enigma 2 box like a Zgemma 7Hs will give you the non encrypted sat channels via 2 sat tuners and a saorview tuner and can take internal hdd.There is another thread on Zgemma h7s on the forum.

If you have sky Q lnb might need to be changed.

watty

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

By all accounts Freesats latest offerings are nothing to write home about either.

Freesat boxes seem overpriced x2 and crippled software (either can't use DISEQ, or crippled, or even manual recording only works with channels on the Freesat EPG). The only thing they offer is the MHEG5 button services. Actual button service video can be manually tuned.

Compare Redline with Manhattan or Humax.

mercedeslimos

Zgemma H7S arrived this afternoon. Setting it up as we speak, anyone able to give a hand with setting up the Saorview and satellite stuff all in one? The interface is very alien to me and I've never done this before.

Got an HDD sorted (in a case over USB currently, it's too big to go through the aperture on the casing

Connected the LAN by moving my TP-Link repeater next to it and used the ethernet port. We'll get there, I'm used to fixing cars, and somehow I've managed to buy and install a sat dish and now this, a result for me

Gerry Wicklow

mercedeslimos wrote: »

Zgemma H7S arrived this afternoon. Setting it up as we speak, anyone able to give a hand with setting up the Saorview and satellite stuff all in one? The interface is very alien to me and I've never done this before.

Got an HDD sorted (in a case over USB currently, it's too big to go through the aperture on the casing

Connected the LAN by moving my TP-Link repeater next to it and used the ethernet port. We'll get there, I'm used to fixing cars, and somehow I've managed to buy and install a sat dish and now this, a result for me

Have a look here

mercedeslimos

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

Have a look here

Good man. All a bit confusing!

The Royal Scam

I have had a root through this thread and a few other places. I have a non tech neighbor who has a PowerPoint DXD7025SVC and they are getting miffed that is keeps powering off. I obviously cannot drop in to take a look so any ideas on this?

greasepalm

Could be many things including a failing power supply, do you have another to try?

https://www.freetv.ie/powerpoint-dxd7025svc-power-supply/

The Royal Scam

greasepalm wrote: »

Could be many things including a failing power supply, do you have another to try?

https://www.freetv.ie/powerpoint-dxd7025svc-power-supply/

That is worth a try. I suspected maybe the signal is not strong enough and therefore box is doing an auto power off

greasepalm

Dont think a bad signal would power off a box .Should only come up with an error like no signal.

MacDanger

Hi

Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question!

My parents currently have just the Irish channels via Saorview. I was looking at the option of getting the UK channels for them on FreeSat but that doesn't include the Irish channels AFAIK.

is it possible to get a (non-subscription) service which will have the FreeSat UK channels and the Irish channels? Ideally a single box to keep it as simple as possible. From what I can see, a Saorview Connect box with a satellite dish might be the best option?

They don't have great broadband currently so something that's not reliant on a broadband connection would be preferable

Thanks

greasepalm

Hell no , get a better box like a zgemma h7s which has 2 sat tuners and a saorview tuner which will allow recordings on an internal hdd.
I suggest reading back these threads to see how bad the connect is.

MacDanger

greasepalm wrote: »

Hell no , get a better box like a zgemma h7s which has 2 sat tuners and a saorview tuner which will allow recordings on an internal hdd.
I suggest reading back these threads to see how bad the connect is.

Fair enough, I'm happy to take your word about the saorview connect

So you'd recommend this:

https://www.satworld.ie/zgemma-h7s-4k-uhd-500gb-hdd.html

Is that all I'd need or so I need a dish as well?

greasepalm

To use any sat receiver you will need a dish lnb and feeds as in cables.
Are you thinking of adding another box into another room later then a quad lnb is needed as 2 feeds per room.

If you wanted saorview outside aerial could be added also at same time if needed.


Zgemma would need to be updated to a better image like a browser on pc needing a 8gb usb to flash box.

Other place is here and they can flash box and add in hdd if wanting to record

https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/air-digital-zgemma/zgemma-h7s

Brexit has made things dearer with the added taxes for import.

mercedeslimos

We got the zgemma from satworld and ut's grand. Just plugged a spare USB HDD into the back, and have Freesat and Saorview happy out. EPG is a bit clunky but can't be bothered changing it at the moment as it all works.

greasepalm

mercedeslimos wrote: »

We got the zgemma from satworld and ut's grand. Just plugged a spare USB HDD into the back, and have Freesat and Saorview happy out. EPG is a bit clunky but can't be bothered changing it at the moment as it all works.

I do hope you have setup that usb for use and not assumed its grand.

What image did they use on box to let others know cheers.

mercedeslimos

greasepalm wrote: »

I do hope you have setup that usb for use and not assumed its grand.

What image did they use on box to let others know cheers.

I had to format the drive (came out of an old laptop) with a cheap SATA USB case from eBay.
Had to set up the drive on the zgemma before ut could all work. Got crossepg working and the autobouquetsmaker so have the option between Saorview and Freesat UK.

The one already installed by satworld.ie was openATV, stuck with it for now as wasn't 100% on how to install something else and didn't want to brick the box. The only reason the HDD is installed outside the box, for now, is that it doesn't fit in the slot, assume an SSD (will buy one when I get a few spare quid) is smaller in size and fits in the slot. Just plugged the HDD into 2 of the 3 USBs on the bck.

Schorpio

Sorry, slightly off-topic, but if the HDD came out of a laptop, it almost certainly will fit inside the box. Just fyi.

SATA SSD's have the same dimensions as 2.5" mechanical drives. I have a 1tb mechanical drive in my H7S.

greasepalm

The h7s is on another thread and seems are different ones out there with hdd slots in rear but mine is inside the box when fitted.

mercedeslimos

Schorpio wrote: »

Sorry, slightly off-topic, but if the HDD came out of a laptop, it almost certainly will fit inside the box. Just fyi.

SATA SSD's have the same dimensions as 2.5" mechanical drives. I have a 1tb mechanical drive in my H7S.

greasepalm wrote: »

The h7s is on another thread and seems are different ones out there with hdd slots in rear but mine is inside the box when fitted.

This is just a spare 120GB I had kicking around, didn't dare take the cover off a brand new box. When I get an SSD I'll probably install it inside but wanted to make sure all was working when I first installed it. Shockingly, the dish alignment was absolutely spot on, I'd sat it on a box in the field and got everything lined up and the LNB tilt done, etc, so when it went onto the wall it worked as soon as plugged in!

VonLuck

Sorry if this has been asked before, but hard to find in 220 pages of comments. I have a relatively new Smart TV and am looking to access Saorview. Is the only way to do it is to buy a box and aerial?

I think my home is wired for UPC from back in the day - can that be used to receive a signal instead of getting an aerial?

Hibrasil

VonLuck wrote: »

Sorry if this has been asked before, but hard to find in 220 pages of comments. I have a relatively new Smart TV and am looking to access Saorview. Is the only way to do it is to buy a box and aerial?

I think my home is wired for UPC from back in the day - can that be used to receive a signal instead of getting an aerial?

Relatively new smart tv would suggest that for Saorview all you need is an aerial and tune in to nearest transmitter.

Home wired for UPC...needs a subscription to get anything.

VonLuck

Hibrasil wrote: »

Relatively new smart tv would suggest that for Saorview all you need is an aerial and tune in to nearest transmitter.

Home wired for UPC...needs a subscription to get anything.

Was hoping I could avoid an aerial and somehow use the UPC line to pick up the signal. Oh well.

greasepalm

How far are you from a transmitter as an indoor one might work , they say dont go for a powered one.

VonLuck

greasepalm wrote: »

How far are you from a transmitter as an indoor one might work , they say dont go for a powered one.

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly are you referring to? Not familiar with AV terminology. Tried using Google images but don't recognise any of the results. Is that the UPC box I mentioned? If so, it's a couple feet from the TV.

Gerry Wicklow

VonLuck wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly are you referring to? Not familiar with AV terminology. Tried using Google images but don't recognise any of the results. Is that the UPC box I mentioned? If so, it's a couple feet from the TV.

Put your address into this site to find where your recommended Saorview transmitter is located. If you are relatively near it might be possible for you to use a basic indoor aerial.